CVE-2024-6409: OpenSSH: Possible remote code execution in privsep childopenwall.com141 points·by andreyv·2 years ago·56 comments
andreyv·last year·discussAutoconf can use cache files [1], which can greatly speed up repeated configures. With cache, a test is run at most once.[1] https://www.gnu.org/savannah-checkouts/gnu/autoconf/manual/a...
andreyv·2 years ago·discussIt creates a compound literal [1] of type array of int, and initializes the specified array positions using designated initializers [2] with the results of calls to puts().Using designated initializers without the = symbol is an obsolete extension.[1] https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Compound-Literals.html [2] https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Designated-Inits.html
andreyv·2 years ago·discussEven the original version 1507 is still supported on the LTSC channel. Support for UTF-8 manifest was added only in version 1903.
andreyv·2 years ago·discussOld does not mean bad. Even a decade later Wayland struggles to provide basic features that were built in the X protocol.